Aug 01, 2018 for jung, the complexico oppositorum is simply the reality that evil, or the shadow, cannot be dismissed as a mere sideeffect of the good. In 1886, before jung made his mark, robert louis stevenson created the now famous story of dr. In cultures with manichaean and abrahamic religious influence, evil is usually perceived as the dualistic antagonistic opposite of good, in which good should prevail and evil should be defeated. The quotable jungis the single most comprehensive collection of jung quotations ever assembled and presents selections from jung s books, essays, correspondence, lectures, seminars, and interviews. Indeed, carl jung was referring to the terrifying subject of our good vs evil embattled human condition when he wrote that when it our shadow appearsit is quite within the bounds of possibility for a man to recognize the relative evil of his nature, but it is a rare and shattering experience for him to gaze into the face of. While reading this book, it was easily understood why jung was so intrigued by mysticism. Evil, in a general sense, is the opposite or absence of good. Jung saw clearly that an underlying tautology exists, beyond human behavior. It is wishful thinking to suppose that evil has a lesser place in the cosmos in relation to the good. When this balance goes off, divine incarnations come to help to restore this balance. His position must therefore be pieced together from many writings. This division of good and evil is of major importance in both the hindu epics of ramayana and mahabharata. Jung wrote a great deal about the question of evil throughout his.
Carl jung, neognosticism, and the mbti edhirds blog. I dont know if id ever call anything nietzsche wrote a summary, but this book does lay out his principles in blackandwhite, and it did help me put some of the pieces together. Jung references freud, nietzsche, goethe and heine. He wrote a great deal about evil, even if not systematically or especially consistently. One unresolved point was whites perspective that evil is the absence of good, whereas jung believed that an adequate god image must include evil to balance the good. It will take you places you never been or thought you could go. For what c g jung so convincingly discovered was that we are ourselves the source of all coming evil. A frequent theme of the red book is that of recognising the depths and integrating what we take to be evil. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage is often used more narrowly to talk about profound wickedness. The red book, how carl jung saved his soul exploring.
It is regarded as one of jungs most controversial works. In addition, white floundered on jungs assumption that the judeochristian god image changes over time, and that it would be replaced by something different in the distant. Evil became a central issue for jung as he grew older. May 03, 2018 fair use notice this site contains ed material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the owner. Does every story have to be about good versus evil. Dec 17, 2015 while jung is known for bringing the concept of the shadow to public awareness in the modern day, this aspect of ourselves has long been recognized as a ubiquitous feature of human beings. Here jung gives what for me is a brilliant summary of the basis of middle way ethics.
This fact alone places chaos and evil inside the order of gods cosmos and produces unfathomable madness and uncertainty among the spiritually inclined. In this book his position is pieced together from many sources. Few personalities stir up interest like this great analyst of the human psyche. The best books on evil five books expert recommendations. The nature of evil, jung thinks, is not the absence of good the privatio boni, which jung calls nonsensical but something more fundamental right inside the godhead. In answer to job, jung demonstrates his indepth knowledge of the bible. The gnostic jung and the seven sermons to the dead. Throughout his life, jung made a number of remarkable predictions which came true. The red book is a very personal record of jung s complicated, tortuous and lengthy quest to salvage his soul, and a firsthand description of a process that would later fundamentally inform jung s. At the time, bollingen library published sot in two volumes 1956 translated by r. Good and evil have no place when we have come to understand that humans operates according to the laws of brain chemistry and brain chemistry is determined by genetics, past. It cruises around the territory of good and evil but it is more of a polemic on the complex nature of the evolution of the god imago, as reflected in the book of job. Carl jung on evil quotations carl jung depth psychology. The illustrations in this book are amazing, and sometimes spellbinding, and to me they had the effect i think the authors intended to understand the archetypes.
As an alternative to what he viewed as the illogical and irrelevant philosophy of the nineteenth century, nietzsche argues for the. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. This book is not about hunches, intuitions, gut feelings, and. Carl jung s books go beyond a simple analysis of human behavior. In cultures with buddhist spiritual influence, both good and evil are perceived as part of an. The question concerning the nature of evil is a longstanding one but i would go so far as to say that in this profound book, the philosopher paul.
In this video we shed light on what it means to become who you are, and in the process, explore some of nietzsches fascinating psychological insights. Throwing light on the shadow carl jungs answer to evil. This is the next book that will be explored in the jungian book club. Wellknown for his articulation of the shadow side of human individuality and culture, c. The categories of good and evil cannot be suspended. Along with freud and adler, jung was one of the chief founders of modern psychiatry. Carl jung and the gnostic reconciliation of gender.
Feb 25, 2011 the red book is a very personal record of jung s complicated, tortuous and lengthy quest to salvage his soul, and a firsthand description of a process that would later fundamentally inform jung s. Carl jungs books go beyond a simple analysis of human behavior. God takes everything from job, and the biblical book is a lament, much like. More than most other intellectual giants of this century, jung confronted the problem of evil in his daily work as a practicing psychiatrist and in his many published writings. Jung faced his own set of personal, religious and professional challenges and was grappling with the idea of good and evil that he saw in. Self, which is beyond the struggle between the opposites of good and evil. Aug 14, 2019 jungs ideas of soul, psyche, evil and good are archaic holdovers from a prescientific judeochristian worldview that is in and of itself a deranged world view. Jung wrote a great deal about the question of evil throughout his life and in scattered places in his work. The nature of evil, jung thinks, is not the absence of good the. Organized thematically, this collection covers such topics as the psyche, the symbolic life, dreams, the analytic process, good and evil, creativity. Jung s work remains controversial, though many international psychologists still practice under his name to this day. Jung, 9780691026176, available at book depository with free delivery. Alcorn, randy 2010, if god is good, why do we hurt.
We must beware, said jung, of thinking of good and evil as absolute oppositesthe criterion of ethical action can no longer consist in the simple view that good has the force of a categorical imperative, while so called evil can resolutely be shunned. Buy jung on evil book online at low prices in india jung. Publication date 1995 topics good and evil publisher princeton university press collection. His work was intellectually legendary enigmatic and fascinating, to many the holy grail for the irreverent, to others just the ravings of a madman who condemned all of humanity in a matter of seconds. Jung is also seen as an instigating force in the development of new age spirituality. His work contains a wonderful alchemy of psychoanalysis, spirituality, religion, philosophy, and the dream world.
As for the morality beyond good and evil, jung could have been thinking of the ethical implications of depth psychology, a subject which his student erich neumann had explored in depth a few years earlier. The seven sermons to the dead is a mysterious, little known or understood work of c. Wholeness for jung means the union of good and evil. In this seminal book, jung compellingly argues that only then can we begin to cope with the dangers posed by mass societythe sum total of individualsand resist the potential threats posed. But before the ascent, everything is night and hell. Extensive detailed abstracts of each chapter are available online. Jung s, which was privately printed in german, without or date, sometime between 1920 and 1925, and distributed to a select group of friends. Jun 22, 2019 carl jung on good and evil we can only speak of the relativity of good and evil in individual cases. Beyond good and evil was nietzsches attempt to summarize his entire philosophy into one book. Indeed, carl jung was referring to the terrifying subject of our good vs evilembattled human condition when he wrote that when it our shadow appearsit is quite within the bounds of possibility for a man to recognize the relative evil of his nature, but it is a rare and shattering experience for him to gaze into the face of. Oct 29, 2017 jordan peterson and joe rogan talk about carl jung s shadow and how understanding out capacity for evil makes us respect ourselfs. Dig deep mines and throw in sacrificial gifts, so that they reach the dead. And, needless to say, jung has many curious adventures in his inner world.
This is a 45minute discussion of a single paragraph from the german existential philosopher friedrich nietzsches masterwork, beyond good and evil. Feb 27, 2019 the science and neuroscience of good vs evil. Hauer, formerly a protestant churchman, aimed to debunk once and for all what goethe called the fairy tale of christianity. As a young idiot, i started with symbols of transformation vol. Adam and eve and the problem of evil by paul w kahn. He was a pioneer of deep psychology and a prolific author. Jung published a number of works, but it wasnt until 2014, forty eight years after his passing, that the red book was released to the public. Rather, it is about the science of good and evil and it was. I dont know if id ever call anything nietzsche wrote a summary, but this book does lay out his principles in black and white, and it did help me put some of the pieces together. We are making such material available in our efforts to. Jung wrote a great deal about the question of evil throughout his life and in scattered places in his. In religion, ethics, philosophy, and psychology good and evil is a very common dichotomy. Popular carl jung books meet your next favorite book. Jungs relationship to wilhelm hauer provides a good example of how jung related to the occult spirit wherever he found it.
The basic thesis of the book is that as well as having a good side, god also has a fourth side the evil face of god. Beyond good and evil audiobook by friedrich nietzsche. The hindu holy text, the bhagavad gita, speaks of the balance of good and evil. After experiencing goethes faust, jung came to believe in the universal power of evil and its mysterious role it played in delivering man from darkness and suffering. Carl jungs last thoughts on christianity alexander blum. Jung explores how christianity came into being when it did, the importance of the figure of christ and the identification of that figure with the archetype of the self. I better understand the mob mentality of nazi germany and the psychological mental state of. But this requires that we face our fear of the duality of the human psychethe existence of good and the capacity for evil in every individual. Many of them seem intent on getting jung to abandon his conventional belief in any real dichotomy between good and evil, and to recognize that god and the devil are just two sides of a single reality. Jung once attributed this dualism to man alone, as he wrote in 1931 to katherine briggs of later myersbriggs fame.
Answer to job was first published in 1952 in german and was included in jungs collected works, as part of volume 11. In this sense we go beyond good and evil to use the phrase also used by nietzsche in his book. Beyond good and evil amazonclassics edition kindle. The knowledge of good and evil, and the law adam and eves transgression in the garden showed what happens if unrestricted human nature takes its natural course. Jung on the devil and the reality of evil jungian center. Jung edited and with an introduction by murray stein in the course of his long and productive life, jung said a great deal about evil but relatively seldom in one place and never in the form of a single essay on the subject. Jungs therapeutic gnosticism by david bentley hart. In 1951, an elderly jung published aion, a flawed and difficult book that nevertheless contains insights that remain luminous seventy years after they were written. The theme of evil is heavily larded throughout the entire body of his works, and. Murray stein wellknown for his articulation of the shadow side of human individuality and culture, c. Publication date 1995 topics good and evil publisher princeton university press. Reflect in good heart upon evil, this is the way to the ascent. It is generally seen as taking multiple possible forms, such as the form of personal moral evil commonly associated with the word, or impersonal natural evil as in the case of natural. Carl jung on good and evil we can only speak of the relativity of good and evil in individual cases.
Aug 01, 1995 ive always been fascinated by jung s shadow studies and this book has in depth coverage of that and other aspects of evil. Man is not fundamentally good, almost half of him is a. Jung love by jeffrey burke satinover articles first things. The book discusses the problem of opposites, particularly good and evil. Answer to job was first published in 1952 in german and was included in jung s collected works, as part of volume 11. In this book, jung examines some of the most contested and crucial areas in the field of analytical psychology. As the notion of good and evil are central to jungian doctrine, he cannot be assessed purely as a psychologist. Psychology of the unconscious audiobook by carl jung. This is a challenging read and reflects a host of similar writings in books throughout the world of literature. They say that carl jung s the red book contains within its pages a mind that aspires to roam the underworld and rescue his soul.
And behind all logic and its seeming sovereignty of movement, there are valuations, or to speak more plainly, physiological demands, for the maintenance. Murray stein bringing together all his important writings on good and evil, this work includes jung s attempts to comprehend the worst excesses of ww2, as well as discussions about moral choices, conscience and. This book help answer some of the questions ive pondered since high school. Jung, anchor books it is in the nature of political bodies always to see the evil in the opposite group, just as the individual has an ineradicable tendency to get rid of everything he does not know and does not want to know about himself by foisting it off on somebody else. Buy jung on evil book online at best prices in india on.